Note: There are changes in this section from last round (DP18)

D7Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ROPE) – Details of your academic career and opportunities for research, evidence of research impact and contributions to the field, including those most relevant to this Proposal

<No more than FIVE (5) pages>

  • Follow the headings below

AMOUNT OF TIME AS AN ACTIVE RESEARCHER

Provide:

  • The number of years since you graduated with your highest educational qualification
  • A total FTE figure for periods of unemployment, part-time employment or interruptions for childbirth, carers’ responsibilities, misadventure, or debilitating illness during that period.

For example, I was awarded my PhD (x) years ago in (year) and in that period I have experienced a total of two years (at X.X FTE) of academic interruptions.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

Provide details, relative to your specific opportunities considerations (both negative and positive) and the effect this has had on your research. This may include:

  • Any additional explanation required of your response to question D6.
  • The research opportunity you have had in the context of your employment situation, including employment outside academia, any unemployment or part-time employment you may have experienced, and the research component of your employment conditions
  • A description of your role:
  • If you are university based, indicate as appropriate the percentage of your current role/s in research-only, teaching and research, teaching-only, teaching and administration, research and administration, administration-only academic, researcher in business, program or project manager or other business role, giving any additional information (for example, part-time status) needed to understand your situation. Give an indication of what percentage of time you have spent in those roles; or
  • If you are industry based, indicate as appropriate the percentage of your current role in industry, research and administration, researcher in business, program or project manager or other business role, giving any additional information (for example, part-time status) needed to understand your situation. Give an indication of what percentage of time you have spent in those roles.
  • The research mentoring and research facilities that have been available to you during your career.
  • Any other aspects of your career or opportunities for research that are relevant to assessment and that have not been detailed elsewhere in this Proposal (e.g. any circumstances that may have slowed down your research and publications or affected the time you have had to conduct and publish your research).

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

Provide a statement outlining any further evidence of your achievements and significant contributions to the field. This can include:

  • Prizes, honours and awards
  • Invited keynote and speaker addresses
  • Research support income
  • Commercial outcomes such as patents, IP licences and resulting benefits
  • Identifiable benefits outside of academia
  • Other professional activities
  • Describe how your research has led to a significant change or advance of knowledge in your field, and outline how your achievements will contribute to this Proposal.

Section D8 provides an opportunity to describe the contribution of significance of your publications. This section (D7) should be devoted to other outputs.